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M. ROSENTHAL.

CLOTHES LINE HANGER. APPLICATION HLED JAN.24, 1916.

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MORRIS ROSENTHAL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Y CLOTHES-LINE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

Application filed January 24, 1916. Serial No. 73,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS RosEN'rHAL, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and resident of the borough of Bronx, New York city, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in clothes line hangers.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a suspending means for clothes lines of the endless variety whereby the two passes of the line will be maintained normally separated one above the other, the line being readily shifted during the operation thereof.

A further object of the device is to provide oppositely-arranged supports for an endless clothes line arranged for the antifrictional movement of the line therethrough during the longitudinal shifting thereof, stop latches being arranged for retaining the line against movement whenever desired.

A still further object of the invention is to provide anti-friction pulley brackets for a clothes line allowing the operative shifting of the line when desired making the operation thereof extremely easy and retaining the portions of the line so as to prevent the line from twisting, a clutch being arranged for locking the line stationary.

lVith these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel combination and arrange ment of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating char acters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device with a clothes line operatively suspended therefrom, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View of one of the supporting brackets partially broken away, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken upon line IIIIII of Fig. 2.

It is to be understood that the device is employed as a support for the opposite portions of an endless clothes line, the same is therein illustrated in connection with a building 10 and a post 11 separated therefrom. Hooks 12 and 13 are respectively carried by the said building and post and upon these hooks, the Y-shaped supporting brackets 14 are positioned by means of the terminal rings 15 of the base or straight arm 16 of the brackets, the latter being substantially wishbone or Y-shaped. Each of the opposite arms 17 of the bracket 14 has a grooved bearing wheel 18 journaled therein upon the pin Or axle 19. The bracket 14 has an inwardly extending V-shaped protecting portion 30 between the said arms 17L A relatively large grooved pulley wheel 20 is j ournaled upon an axle 21 centrally carried by the bracket 14. The arms 17 are provided with spanning loops 22 upon corresponding sides for overlying the adjacent wheels 18 and an endless rope or clothes line 23 passes over the pulley 20 through the bracket base 16 and also over corresponding sides of the wheels 18, being guided and retained in position by the aforementioned loops 22. lVith the line 23 operatively positioned between the building 10 and the post 11 upon two inwardly facing brackets 14, the wheels 10 at the free ends of the bracket arms 17 are arranged with their axles 19 substantially horizontal and in parallelism, which positions the portions of the line 23 separated one above the other, it being understood that the lower section or pass of the line 23 is designed for supporting the clothing or other articles suspended therefrom.

A looking latch 24 is swingingly mounted upon the outer ends of the axle 19 of the upper-most wheel 18, the said latch 24 straddling the retaining loop 22. A V-shaped locking claw 25 is carried by the latch 24 having roughened inner faces or teeth 26 and whereby the line 23 may be forcibly engaged and held by the latch 24 as best illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. A turn back finger piece 27 is carried by the latch 24 whereby the latch is readily swung into or out of locking engagement with the cord 23. Transversely arranged braces 28 are carried by the bracket arms 17 adjacent the wheels 18, and are provided with cut-out line-reoeiving guide grooves 29 upon their corresponding sides.

With the brackets arranged in their operative suspended positions with the endless line 23 passing thereover, the operator positioned in the building 10 may readily position the clothes or other articles to be suspended upon the lower portion or section of the line 23 and by pulling inwardly upon the upper section thereof the articles will be shifted upwardly toward the post 11. l/Vhen desired, the latch 24% may be forced down by means of the finger portion 27 for engaging the line 23 and thus locking the same against shifting movement. It will be understood that the cord 23 passes through each of the opposite brackets 14.- in a similar manner, the brackets being identical although oppositely positioned upon their respective hooks 12 and 13. The cord 23 is therefore guided by the loops 22. over the wheels 18, of each of the brackets 1-1 while the latch 2% of either of the brackets may be employed as a lock or stop for the line when desired, in practice, the lock of the bracket which is positioned upon the hook 12 of the building 10 is the only one that would be ordinarily employed.

It will thus be evident that a device is provided which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and which supports a clothes line operatively positioned and whereby clothes may be readily suspended outwardly of the window and returned thereto during the drying operation.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

hat I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described compris ing a Y-shaped bracket having a supporting ring at one end thereof, a pulley wheel centrally ournaled in the said bracket, grooved wheels journaled in the ends of each of the bracket arms, overlying positioning loops carried on corresponding sides of the ends of the said arms, a clothes line passing over the said wheels, and a locking latch for the line operatively carried by one of the said arms.

2. A line support comprising a Y-shaped bracket having spaced flaring arms and a base, the said base having a terminal ring portion, a grooved pulley centrally journaled. within the said bracket,bearing wheels journaled in the free ends of the said bracket arms, overlying loops for the said arm carried wheels positioned on adjacent lateral sides of the said journaled arm ends, and a line operatively positioned over the said wheels.

3. A line support comprising a Y-shaped bracket having spaced flaring arms and a base, the said base having a terminal ring portion, a grooved pulley centrally journaled within the said bracket, bearing wheels j ournaled in the free ends of the said bracket arms, overlying loops for the said arm carried wheels positioned on adjacent lateral sides of the said journaled arm ends, and an endless line passing over the said wheels and through the said bracket and inwardly of the said loops.

4:. A line support comprising a Y-shaped bracket having spaced flaring arms and a base, the said base having a terminal ring portion, a grooved pulley centrally journaled within the said bracket, bearing wheels journaled in the free ends of the said bracket arms, overlying loops for the said arm-carried wheels positioned on adjacent lateral sides of the said journaled arm ends, an endless line passing over the said wheels and through the said bracket and inwardly of the said loops, braces carried by the said arms spaced from the said loops and a swinging locking latch carried by the arm having the outwardly positioned loop thereon.

5. A line support comprising a Y-shaped bracket having spaced flaring arms and a base, the said base having a terminal ring portion, a grooved pulley centrally journaled within the said bracket, bearing wheels journaled in the free ends of the said bracket arms, overlying loops for the said arm-carried wheels positioned on adjacent lateral sides of the said journaled arm ends, an endless line passing over the said wheels and through the said bracket and inwardly of the said loops, braces carried by the said arms spaced from the said loops, the said braces having cut-out cord-receiving guide portions, a U-shaped latch swingingly journaled upon one of the said arms in straddling relation with respect to the adjacent loop and the line extending therethrough,

a V-shaped cord-engaging member carried by the said latch and a finger-hold upon the latter.

6. A device of the class described comprising Y-shaped brackets adapted for opposite suspension, centrally arranged pulley wheels upon the said brackets, guide wheels and loops upon the inner free end of the said brackets, an endless line passing over the said wheels and within the said loops, and locking means for the said line carried by the normally upper one of the said arms.

Signed at the city of New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 18th day of January, A. D. 1916.

MORRIS ROSENTHAL. Witnesses:

C. ELKINSON, NATHAN COHEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. i 

